Study Palmore (1981): study US 1968
- Public
- 46+ aged whites, North Carolina, USA, followed from 1968 to 1976.
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 375
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Whole-day interviews, tests and examinations. Rounds in longitudinal study; examined period: 1968/70 N=502, 1970/72 N= 443, 1972/74 N= 378, 1974/76 N= 375
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- later selfrating health
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Men = 226 Women = 216
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Direct question rated on a 10-point self-anchoring scale (based on Cantril, 1965) with the bottom of the ladder (zero) representing the most serious illness and the top of the ladder (9) representing perfect health.
Assessed at T2.